![]() ![]() ![]() But soon she finds herself protecting the younger boys from a neighborhood bully, teaching the older brother how to play basketball, and feeling like part of a normal family for the first time in her life.īut then news from her mother shakes her world-and Carley's forced to make the most difficult decision of her life in this moving and powerful read. Angry and distrustful, Carley keeps her distance at first. A moving debut novel about a foster child learning to open her heart to a familys love Carley uses humor and street smarts to keep her emotional walls high and thick. ![]() Murphy is nothing at all like Carley's mother-she cooks meals from scratch and she actually takes Carley shopping instead of stealing clothes from the Salvation Army drop box. Carley doesn't know what to think of the warm and caring family-especially Mrs. After being placed in foster care, Carley is sent to stay with the Murphys-a lively family with three boys. But her whole life comes crashing down the night her stepfather beats her up. ![]() Her follow up novel, Fish in a Tree, is a New York Times bestseller and ALA Notable Childrens Book. Growing up in Las Vegas with her fun-loving mother and Elvis-impersonator stepfather taught Carley to be tough and independent. Lynda Mullaly Hunt (has received many honors for her debut novel, One for the Murphys, which is on over twenty state award lists, including Bank Streets 2013 Best Books of the Year. ![]()
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